{"product_id":"9781468309096","title":"The Dissertation","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe second book in R.M. Koster's highly acclaimed Tinieblas trilogy (following \u003cem\u003eThe Prince\u003c\/em\u003e), \u003cem\u003eThe Dissertation\u003c\/em\u003e is the story of--and a story by--Camilo Fuertes.\u003c\/p\u003e To fulfill his Ph.D. requirement, Fuertes decides to write about his father, the martyred president of Tinieblas, a country in Latin America. We follow Leon as he winds his twisted path through delinquency, learning, bravery, and incest to the presidency. At once a powerful vision of Latin American history and a brilliant parody of the academic form--complete with endnotes!--The Dissertation is an essential postmodern novel in the tradition of Vonnegut, Barth and Nabokov, ready to be embraced by a new generation of readers.","brand":"ABRAMS, Inc.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47168922550512,"sku":"9781468309096","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781468309096_p0.jpg?v=1769892730","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781468309096","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}